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What Does Homesteading Mean To You?

March 13, 2019 · Rhonda Crank · Homesteading

Add to Favorites Homesteading is on the rise here in the United States. I am often asked “What does homesteading mean?” To our ancestors it was clear. A homesteader was …

A Homestead Heritage – Could You Make Do?

March 13, 2019 · bmeyer · Homesteading

Add to Favorites It seems to me that most of our grandparents were accustomed to hard times. And through the generations, they passed to me a homestead heritage. In fact, …

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